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  Tibbs, Vincente K. (1914-1973)

  Vincente K. Tibbs was a social worker, Englewood Movement leader, and City Council president from the 4th ward. He a Democrat and was elected in 1960. He worked to help race relations between white and black residents.
  
  Tibbs lived in Harlem and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated from Shaw University with a degree in social science in 1939. He gained a master's degree from the Columbia School of Social Work in 1949.
  
  Tibbs also served in the Navy in World War II.
  
  Tibbs was involved with the Bureau of Community Education of the New York City Board of Education, Camp Kilmer Hob Corps., NYU's School of Education, the New Jersey Regional Durg Abuse Agency, the Social Service Federation, and the Englewood Community Center. He was a member of the Congress of Racial Equity, the NAACP, the Urban League, and the Henry Douglas Post 58. 
  
  He married Primrose Barnwell. He had a daughter, Dana Macon.

  Tags Activism, African American, Politics, Race
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  Lincoln Elementary School

  The Lincoln Elementary School was created in 1869 on Humphrey Street and Englewood Avenue. The building was burned down in 1917, however, a new one was made where students attended until that building was torn down in 2016 to be replaced with an apartment complex.
  
  The schools originally taught white students but opened a colored section in 1878. By the 1960s, the school primarily taught black students. The school was at the center of efforts to desegregate classrooms.

  Tags Education
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  National Urban League (NUL)

  The National Urban League is a civil rights organization that advocates for African American rights, fighting against racial discrimination. The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negros was founded in 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Hayes and it merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negros and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women. 
   
  The organization provides many services such as job training, housing and community development, workforce development, educational opportunities, and voting assistance. Programs were developed to fight for health, employment, and housing equity.  The organization has been involved in politics, protests, and social work throughout its history to achieve its mission.

  Tags African American, Civil Rights, Race, Social Work
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  Jay Street, "Misery Mile"

  An area of Englewood centered on Jay street stretching from the railroad tracks on the east to MacKay Park on the west. The housing in this area had deteriorated greatly by the early 1960s and most of this area's residents lived below the povery line. The area had become known as the heat of Englewood's "slums." One white landlord or "slumlord" owned most of the neighborhood's houses, which were referred to as "shacks."

  Tags African American, Finances, Poverty
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  Moskin, Albert (1900-1994)

  Albert Moskin was the mayor of Englewood from 1954 to 1959. His political career began when he was appointed to the board of the Englewood Board of Police Commissioners. He served for 36 years in municipal and county governments. He was a councilman of the fourth ward from 1933 to 1951. He retired from public service in 1965 and worked as a pharmacist. He owned Moskin's Pharmacy on West Palisade Avenue from 1962 to 1980. He was a member of the Ahavath Torah.
  
  He was married to a woman named Rose. He had two sons, Donald and Alan. 

  Tags Medical Services, Politics, Religion